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Friday, September 16, 2011
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 7
Arvada, CO
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1761 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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Okay, a BNSF C44-9W. So what, right? At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything special about the unit. However, it is the first C44-9W that I have seen wearing the New Image scheme instead of the Heritage II scheme! On this Friday afternoon, the unit is sitting on BNSF's Golden Branch, shut down, on a work train.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 7
Arvada, CO
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1726 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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It is about five minutes before sunset and the Beer Run has picked up a string of loaded coal hoppers from the Arvada siding for transport to Coors in Golden. In addition to the standard power on the train, two SD40-2s are on the train too. They were serviced in Denver and will act as the power on the Golden Switch in the week to come.
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 11
Arvada, CO
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1617 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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BNSF
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A pair of sequentially numbered ES44DCs pull the Beer Run across Ward Road on their trek toward Golden. The decline in the economy has resulted in thousands of older units being shut down and stored. Consequently, it has become common to find some of the newest power working the "lowly" Beer Run.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 6
Denver, CO
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1663 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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With the economy being in a slump right now, railroads are storing unneeded power. The stored power tends to be older power (SD40-2s, for example). As a result, newer power is showing up on jobs that would have operated under older power not long ago. Here is a perfect example. The "Beer Run" sits on the Golden Sub at Tennyson Street with a pair of C44-9Ws for power.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 13
Golden, CO
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1810 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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BNSF
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This shot can really take you back! A pair of Yellow-Bonnets, a GP39-2 and a GP38, will serve as power for the Golden Switch which runs east out of Golden to switch other industries on the Golden Sub. In 1987 and 1988, these same units could be found on the Joint Line, running some of the hottest trains on the Santa Fe (the QDVLJ and QLJDV from Denver to La Junta and vice versa).
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 13
Golden, CO
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1812 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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Power on the Beer Run seems to be changing a lot lately. BNSF will throw just about anything on there. I've seen everything from SD40-2s to SD70ACes. C44-9Ws to ES44DCs. On this day, an H2 C44-9W and a H1 C44-9W power the train. The two geeps in the back will serve as the Golden Switch power in the coming week.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 12
Golden, CO
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1760 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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In order to make it to the lower yard at Coors, train have to cross West 44th Avenue (the same road that the Colorado Railroad Museum is located on!) Trains cross 44th using a stoplight for protection. The stoplight doubles as the stop light at the intersection of 44th and Eldridge.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 11
Golden, CO
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1802 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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Nearly 12 miles west of Denver, the Beer Run is approach the switch at Terrell Junction on the Golden Sub. At Terrell Junction, trains have the option of going into the lower yard (switch reversed) or the upper yard (switch normal). In this case, the train will be going to the lower yard.
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